Metroid: Samus Returns Preorder Guide
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Metroid fans have been waiting a long time for a new entry in the series, but Nintendo is finally gearing up to deliver the goods. Metroid: Samus Returns will launch on September 15 exclusively for Nintendo 3DS. A re-imagining of 1991’s Metroid II: Return of Samus, this spruced up side-scroller will feature tons of weapons and abilities, and a whole lot of alien-blasting action.
If you’re one of the many fans who have been pining for a new Metroid game, you’re probably ready to put in your preorder. To that end, we’ve gathered up all the details about where you can preorder it, and what you’ll get when you do.
No Man’s Sky Atlas Rises Update – Full Details Revealed
Hello Games has released full details and a new trailer for the Atlas Rises update, which appears to be being prepped for release today.
After being teased earlier this week, a huge changelist and a new trailer have now been released:
You can find full details of the update on the No Man's Sky website, but here's an abridged list of the major hits:
- "30 hours" of new story content, including the appearance of a new interdimensional alien race
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Judge Dredd TV Show: Exclusive First Concept Art Images
IGN can exclusively reveal the first concept development sketches of the Judge Dredd: Mega-City One TV show.
The first, 'Democracy March', shows the suspended streets packed with people amidst the Mega-City skyline (including the Statue of Liberty). The title may well be a reference to the events of "America", one of the Judge Dredd comic series' most well-loved storylines, which tackled some incredibly heavy themes, and saw a major change in Dredd's depiction.
'Democracy March' concept art (click to enlarge).
Starbreeze’s Raid: World War II Coming Next Month
Starbreeze and developer Lion Game Lion have confirmed four-player co-op shooter Raid: World War II will be available on PC from September 26. It will be released in-store and online for Xbox One and PS4 in October (Tuesday, October 10 for North America and Friday, October 13 for European territories, Middle East, and Asia).
Raid: World War II is a co-op first person shooter that will see players battle and rob their way through occupied Europe. It sounds a lot like a period version of Payday, but the game’s pedigree makes this no surprise. Lion Game Lion, based in Zagreb, Croatia, has been building DLC for Starbreeze and Overkill Software’s extremely successful Payday 2 for some time. Also, Raid: World War II game director Ilija Petrusic was the co-founder of Overkill Software and lead level designer for Payday: The Heist and Payday 2.
Hoonigan Car Pack Coming to Forza Horizon 3, Forza Motorsport 7
The fresh content for Forza Horizon 3 continues this month with Xbox confirming the ‘Hoonigan Car Pack’, produced in partnership with motorsport/lifestyle company Hoonigan. The Forza Horizon 3 Hoonigan Car Pack will be available next week, on August 15.
The pack of seven, custom-built cars will be available as a standalone purchase for USD$7, although if you pre-order Forza Motorsport 7 digitally (or already have, prior to this announcement) you’ll receive the car pack for no additional cost. You’ll also receive a Hoonigan Car Pack for Forza Motorsport 7 (the Forza Motorsport 7 Hoonigan Car Pack will be available to use on September 29 for Ultimate Edition owners via early access, and October 3 for Deluxe and Standard Edition owners).
Game Freak Talks Evolution of Pokemon Designs
Pokemon series developer Game Freak has opened up on the changes to Pokemon over the years, as well as the processes involved in choosing viable Pokemon designs.
During an interview with Game Informer, Pokemon director and producer Junichi Musada explained that people from all aspects of development can have a hand in new Pokemon designs.
“The graphic designers are obviously going to be the ones finalizing the look, but it’s not just the graphic designers who come up with ideas or draw the Pokémon,”.
Masuda went on to clarify that ideas for new Pokemon can come from development teams wanting to utilize new battle moves, writers wanting to work something into the story, or a different source of real world inspiration for the design.
Netflix Renews GLOW for Second Season
Netflix has renewed its wrestling comedy GLOW for a second season.
The second season of GLOW will span ten episodes, and continue the story of Ruth Wilder (Alison Brie) and a troupe of other performers who help launch an all-women wrestling TV show in 1985. We called GLOW "fundamentally fun and effortlessly engaging" in our review of the first season.
GLOW is created by Liz Flahive (Homeland, Nurse Jackie) and Carly Mensch (Nurse Jackie, Orange Is The New Black, Weeds) and stars Brie, Betty Gilpin and Marc Maron, among a group of other badass ladies.
Justice League Reshoots Made “Adjustments” to Cyborg
Justice League actor Joe Morton, who plays Cyborg's dad/"inventor" Dr. Silas Stone, informed IGN today during a phone interview that he was part of the Joss Whedon-directed reshoots and also revealed that altering the tone of Cyborg's character was part of the additional filming.
Here's what Morton had to say.
IGN: Did you work on the Joss Whedon portion of filming that's been going on or were you strictly on the Zack Snyder portion of the shoot?
Joe Morton: No, I did some reshoots with Joss.
Defenders Villains The Hand Explained
If you've been watching Netflix's Marvel series over the past few years, you know that the Hand has become one of the great, overarching threats in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And that threat level is growing as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to battle this band of zombie ninja assassins in The Defenders.
So let's look at everything you need to know about the Hand's comic book origins and how they fit into the massive tapestry that is the Marvel Universe.
The Marvel Universe is basically crawling with sinister organizations bent on gathering power, but few have wrought as much death and devastation as the Hand. This ancient, shadowy organization of ninja assassins has been working behind the scenes for centuries, growing its numbers and working its way through the Japanese underworld. Each member of the Hand is a formidable enemy in their own right, but the organization's ability to resurrect the dead and continuously replenish its ranks makes them a persistent threat to the superhero community.